Researchers say California’s growing data centers consume massive amounts of electricity and water, contributing to pollution and health issues like respiratory and cardiac problems.
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California is a major hub for data centers — the facilities that store and transmit much of the internet.
While data centers have long existed in California, the rise of artificial intelligence (AI) has significantly increased demand for new data centers over the last five years, and the pace is expected to increase through the rest of the decade.
San Francisco, Calif.
A new report released today, An Assessment of California Data Centers’ Environmental and Public Health Impacts, authored by researchers from the University of California, Riverside and produced by the think tank Next 10 shows that from 2019 to 202
Authors say guardrails and a cleaner grid can mitigate data center carbon emissions, diesel pollution and water use
Analysis from the Center for Law, Energy & Environment at the University of California, Berkeley shows that disaster costs, health impacts, lost wages and more are disproportionately affecting California households, businesses and the public s
The costs of a warming climate continue to burden California families long after much-publicized climate disasters strike.
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.
University of California, Berkeley, study found that those who experience severe effects will see upto a $1m in costs